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Spanberger Changes Virginia’s Regulations Regime

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger quietly issued an executive order over the summer that changed the way state agency regulations are developed and reviewed by the executive branch. The action was required by June 30 but went under the radar because it was announced with only a vague news release.

The new executive order eliminates the Office of Regulatory Management, which was created by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin in 2022. The goal of that department was “to make his state’s regulatory regime more efficient, less burdensome, and, above all, accountable to the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia,” as Benjamin Paris wrote for The Heritage Foundation that year.

Spanberger’s policy “directs agencies to evaluate regulations individually, on a case-by-case basis,” Christopher Newport University economist Rik Chakraborti told the Daily Signal. “Agencies are supposed to consider whether a regulation is legally authorized, necessary, understandable, supported by evidence and designed to achieve its objective cost-effectively. Existing regulations must also be reviewed periodically to determine whether they should be retained, amended or repealed.”

When Youngkin took office, he set a goal of slashing regulations by 25%. Three years later, his office announced that it had trimmed 26.8% of regulatory requirements in........

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